intelligible
adjective
in·tel·li·gi·ble
in-ˈte-lə-jə-bəl 
1
: capable of being understood or comprehended
jargon intelligible only to the initiated
2
: apprehensible by the intellect only
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the ability to make complex concepts intelligible to the average reader
Very little of the recording was intelligible.
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And the question going forward though will be how much standard is required to create a boundary and to satisfy the intelligible principle of what did Congress actually do.
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Hell’s Kitchen Cody Spencer — The Outsiders Everyone agrees that Hell’s Kitchen sounds incredible, whether or not its plot and themes are intelligible.
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Even with a translator, though, the document – with its lofty references to the Biblical creation of the world and papal authority – would hardly be intelligible to people unfamiliar with the Spaniards’ religion.
—Diego Javier Luis, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
The general standard, by the way, for the last century or so has been a good delegation must satisfy an intelligible principle to guide the agency's exercise of authority.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
Hell’s Kitchen Cody Spencer — The Outsiders Everyone agrees that Hell’s Kitchen sounds incredible, whether or not its plot and themes are intelligible.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 14 June 2024
Even with a translator, though, the document – with its lofty references to the Biblical creation of the world and papal authority – would hardly be intelligible to people unfamiliar with the Spaniards’ religion.
—Diego Javier Luis, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
The general standard, by the way, for the last century or so has been a good delegation must satisfy an intelligible principle to guide the agency's exercise of authority.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Intelligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intelligible. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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